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Mountain Pass
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Has anyone here ever used Restore with CSL in their engines? Apparently, you add it to the engine oil and the copper, silver, and lead particles in it fill the tiny scratches in the cylinder bores and help improve compression in older engines. I'm tempted to try it in an old semi-weary gas engined tractor, but I don't usually go for this type of thing (mechanic-in-a-can). I wouldn't use it in my car or truck, but the old tractor might be a worthy candidate for this experiment. What are your opinions? Thanks!
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I would only use something like this on an engine that I either plan to rebuild or one that I don't care about.
Think about how this stuff works. It finds all nooks and crannies and fills them so that it increases the sealing on the rings and bearings. What keeps it from filling up your oil passages, clogging up filters, freezing the rings to the piston etc. An old tractor engine might be loose as a goose and not care, but don't use it on a good old engine.
This is basically a tourniquet for the engine, ie worse than a band aid. It will stop the immediate problem but sooner or later the engine will need to be torn down and may have more damage than if you did nothing. Most people who use this kind of stuff have a car on it's last legs and they usually windup getting rid of it before it fails completely, so the product warranty stays unblemished most of the time.
Just my opinion, I never use this stuff so I really don't know. At worst I might use some STP or some other oil thickener. Or use 20W50 or a straight heavy oil. Either way you are delaying a rebuild.
Good Luck and tell us how it works in the long run if you do try it.
Jim Henderson
Think about how this stuff works. It finds all nooks and crannies and fills them so that it increases the sealing on the rings and bearings. What keeps it from filling up your oil passages, clogging up filters, freezing the rings to the piston etc. An old tractor engine might be loose as a goose and not care, but don't use it on a good old engine.
This is basically a tourniquet for the engine, ie worse than a band aid. It will stop the immediate problem but sooner or later the engine will need to be torn down and may have more damage than if you did nothing. Most people who use this kind of stuff have a car on it's last legs and they usually windup getting rid of it before it fails completely, so the product warranty stays unblemished most of the time.
Just my opinion, I never use this stuff so I really don't know. At worst I might use some STP or some other oil thickener. Or use 20W50 or a straight heavy oil. Either way you are delaying a rebuild.
Good Luck and tell us how it works in the long run if you do try it.
Jim Henderson
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From: Kentucky Go Cats
I have used it in some old motors wasnt worth the $$$ couldnt tell any kind of difference at all.My Brother used it in a car he had it ran great no noise or anything before he put it in 2 days later a lifter froze up.when they tore it down the lifter was full of junk
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From: Vincennes, IN
My dad had a Toyota van 4-banger, that he used Restore in a few times. That engine had 350,000 miles on it before it was driven to the junkyard for electrical problems. That sold me on the product. I used it in my Nissan Hardbody, and had 145,000 miles and it ran like the day it was new. I used have used it in my 89 F250 302ci 111,000miles. But I am now under the theory that if I use a good oil and filter, that additives are unnecessary. I love the stuff, but my money stays in my wallet now. Perhaps if I start having compression problems or such, I might add a can later on.
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I agree that it certainly doesn't fix anything, but it can make some symptoms go away. I had an old beater Subaru that I used for going back and forth to work, that sort of thing. The thing had practicaly no compression and was just plain worn out. I didn't really care so I decided to try the Restore. Compression improved dramaticly as did off the line performance and throttle response. Again, it didn't fix anything, just made you forget about it for a while. Would never use it in anything I cared about.
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I had a simular expierance to mattri . I bought a Chrysler mini-van ( knowing it would need an engine ) with 148000 mi. on it . It smoked bad and used two qts. of oil every 1000 miles , I added a can of Restore when I changed the oil and the smoke cleared up and oil consumtion went down to 1/2 qt. every 1000 mi. . So i added a can with every oil change after that . That engine went 209000 mi. before it finaly let go . I replaced the engine with a reman and now have 245000 on the van , hoping for 300000 mi. So yeah I'd recomend it .
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